We've been giving Charlotte Taylor some love here on the blog thanks to her fab entry for the Cybils Challenge, so why stop the love now? At her blog Charlotte's Library, she takes an in-depth look at a range of sci-fi and fantasy books for children and teens, which makes her a perfect choice for our Fantasy and Sci-Fi Round …
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Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan
Today's featured blogger can truly be called a superwoman of children's literacy resources and a font of in-depth reviews for parents and teachers. Terry Doherty of Scrub-A-Dub Tub is a longtime Cybils advocate and a champion of kids' books for all ages. Her site includes literacy and reading news, literacy resources, and reviews categorized by format, audience and genre. Just …
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Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom
Middle Grade Fiction Round 1 judge Sandra Stiles is a familiar face around the Cybils. Her blog, The Musings of a Book Addict, includes book reviews ranging from children's books to adult books, as well as thoughts on writing from a middle school teacher and aspiring writer. Apparently Sandra found the title and cover of today's featured book just as …
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After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
The featured review for today comes from one of our Round 1 judges for Young Adult Fiction, Ami Jones of the fabulously-named blog Three Turtles and Their Pet Librarian. On her blog, she faithfully relates the most wise and venerable opinions of "three extremely intelligent turtles currently supervising a public library in southern NM." This includes reviews of a wide …
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Bugs and Bugsicles by Amy S. Hansen
How can you resist that title? Shirley Duke of the Simply Science blog found the book just as enjoyable as the title implied. Shirley, a teacher and children's writer, is one of our Round I judges for Nonfiction and Information Picture Books, and her blog explores a wide range of books that can be used in classroom science lessons. Her …
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Calamity Jack, by Hale, Hale and Hale
Nicola Manning of Back to Books is definitely a Cybils regular in the Graphic Novels category–and we love her reviews here at the Cybils blog because she provides such a thoughtful and in-depth look at nominated titles. Nicola reads widely, compiles lots of booklists and has an impressive set of completed reading challenges to her name–just check her blog for …
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Poetrees by Douglas Florian
Emma Carbone, also known as the cleverly named Miss Print, is one of our Round II Fantasy & Sci-Fi YA judges this year, but she reads widely beyond just the speculative fiction category. She also blogs widely–namely for the New York Public Library, where she works, and the Why Libraries Project, to name a few examples. One of her recent …
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Project Seahorse by Pamela S. Turner
You may know Susan Thomsen because she's our category organizer for Middle Grade and YA Nonfiction, or you may know her because of her excellent blog about books and life (and sometimes chickens), Chicken Spaghetti. OR, you might have seen her yearly Mother of Booklists to End All Booklists, also known as the Big List of Lists of the Best …
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The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
Natasha Maw of Maw Books is in her second year as a Round I Judge on the Fiction Picture Books panel. Besides being an extremely prolific book blogger whose posts range from reviews and interviews to giveaways and even recipes, Natasha's list of accomplishments also includes being a photographer, a Master Gardener, and a mom to two young boys. Recently, …
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White Cat by Holly Black
If you've been following the Cybils for a few years, you'll no doubt be familiar with returning Cybil-ite Leila Roy of Bookshelves of Doom, who is a Round I Judge for Science Fiction and Fantasy (YA). Besides her thoughtful and humorous book reviews, Leila also hosts The Big Read (sort of a virtual reading discussion group), contributes reviews to Guys …